An Important Message from Secretary Fisher (May 6, 2020) “As mentioned during the Governor’s press conference this afternoon by Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli, a group led by the Department of Health, working in coordination with the Departments of Agriculture and Labor, is finalizing a Guidance Document, “COVID-19 Guidance for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers, Their Employers […]
Continue reading...May 6, 2020 Hemant Gohil
Frost Protection in Orchards – What Should You Monitor?
By Hemant Gohil and Megan Muehlbauer The weather forecast for the next few days indicate subfreezing temperature in several parts of New Jersey. In fruit crops, such events during the flower bud development, can cause crop loss which could vary from minor loss of quality and quantity to a total crop loss. Recently, frost events […]
Continue reading...May 6, 2020 Kris Holmstrom and Joe Ingerson-Mahar
IPM Update 5/06/20
Sweet Corn IPM Program personnel are currently finishing deployment of the black light trap network in New Jersey. At present, we are approximately 70% operational and have begun to monitor traps. With below normal temperatures, no corn earworm (CEW) or European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured. As numbers increase, look for population maps […]
Continue reading...May 6, 2020 Meredith Melendez
Printable Signage to Inform Customers of COVID-19 Policies
Communicating your policies to customers is critical during this season, especially about your COVID-19 policies. Printable signs have been developed for use on New Jersey farms. Click on the images below for a direct link to the letter-size paper printable of each sign. Visit the Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety COVID-19 website for more resources. Cloth […]
Continue reading...May 6, 2020 Andy Wyenandt
Manage your transplant watering schedule
The weather this spring has been anything but normal with the up and downs in the temperature as well as the on and off again sunny days followed by many days of cloudy weather. These types of weather patterns can cause problems in transplant production in the greenhouse, especially when it comes time for watering. […]
Continue reading...Tree Fruit IPM Report for May 5, 2020
Tree Fruit Phenology: Tree Fruit Phenology remains advanced, but development is slowing. In southern counties peach orchards are at Shuck Split to Shuck Off. Pears are past Petal Fall. Red Delicious was about Full Bloom on 4/25 and is late bloom/Petal Fall on May 4. Other varieties still have considerable bloom. Cherries are just […]
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